Show I C- C CA A Girl in in the War Capital I IBY iBY BY EDNA HUBER Written for the tue Int International 1 N Ne' Ne J Service I Washington Dec 29 You 29 You all know the haired frizzled powdered- powdered nosed little Molly you vou used to see seo each lunch hour You You know she was a steno stenographer in in some office because she chewed gum Jum and polished her nails on the back of ot her sleeve But you OU have ha missed her Where hero has she gone She Is here in Wash Washington I n g t o n. n What hat brought her hel here War work Washington today todar has some more girls than it ha had at the outbreak of the tho war Th The answer Is plenty plent of ot government go work worl and good wages Government Go departments are crying louder every do day for stenographer stenographers The civil ehU service ser commission I i. i recruitIng recruiting recruiting recruit recruit- ing stenographers raphers all over the country countr and bringing ing them to Washington Salaries range from 1000 a n.- year up up war ward The consequence has been an In Inefficient Inefficient In- In efficient stenographic corps for Cor Corash Wash ash ington The fhe rush of or work worl Is so great that it has lIas been impossible to get ef efficient et- et steno stenographers raphers and girls who never nC made more than 10 40 tO a month a aw ae now drawing from 90 to per month Tho They are a carefree crowd A At t lunch hours the they crowd the all nil too few feis II I rooms room anti ana mUl C me rooms ring with their laughter At At night their giggles fill the motion I tare tuie theatres in tho the mornings the they fill tho the street cars while they the gossip in terms of Then he said to a me me c. c The They have hac bumped into a problem however living however living conditions Washington Washing ton Is overcrowded It is next to im impossible mm- mm possible fOI for them lo to find rooms As Asa a solution the they have taken to Bohe- Bohe as to living Little groups of at them three or four take two unfurnished unfurnished unfurnished rooms and anti furnish them them them- selves es The rhe They have studio life lite without tho the art Cha Chafing fin dishes serve stove as meals me-als Fire as tho they cook cool their own escapes and balconies aro alo always filled with lingerie and other othor drying in the breezes But nut life lite Isn't altogether gay gony for the tho little stenographer t no even e though she She works short hours for long pay ha has lost the Ja gay life of her lien home Ca city No matter what the city it is gayer gaer than Washington The rue town has not awakened to lo tho possibilities thru t. t upon It h by the war wal boom and con conse consequently there Is an nn utter lac lack 0 of amusement facilities So your YOUl little chewing gum is right hero In the war capItal workIng workIng working work- work Ing at a salary that perhaps even e tempt Oli you ou her former contemPOrary contemporary contempo contempo- of ot tho stron stronger er sex |